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Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas
     
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas
(?1475-1530) an English cardinal (=a high-ranking Catholic priest) and politician who was very rich and powerful, but who lost power after failing to persuade the Pope to allow King Henry VIII to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
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